Businesses are being called out for spreading fear over Seattle's minimum wage law.

Despite the "dire predictions" by some business owners that the city would collapse, Working Washington says everything is still fine.

"The sky remains aloft," a post by the organization reads. The idea that Seattle would become an "economic wasteland" due to the minimum wage law is likened to Chicken Little's prediction that the sky is falling.

About Working Washington: Our mission is to build a powerful workers’ movement that can not only dramatically improve wages and working conditions, but can also change the local and national conversation about wealth, inequality, and the value of work. More info…

Our mission is to build a powerful workers’ movement that can not only dramatically improve wages and working conditions, but can also change the local and national conversation about wealth, inequality, and the value of work.

Working Washington fast food strikers sparked the fight that won Seattle's landmark $15 minimum wage. We drove Amazon to sever ties with right-wing lobby group ALEC and improve conditions in their sweatshop warehouses. And we helped lead the winning campaign in SeaTac for a $15 living wage.